The Pubs of Accrington - Page 14

Morecambe Ex Pat · 19-02-2016, 17:14

This picture of a well known Accrington watering hole was taken around 1920/1930 and a lot of you will have been in there but do you know where it is?
I have edited it slightly as apart from the name, there was another obvious clue about it's ID.

Bob Dobson · 19-02-2016, 19:48

I am going for the Griffin. If not, then I think it has the look of a Thwaites' house. Many of theirs were designed by the same architect.

Morecambe Ex Pat · 19-02-2016, 20:11

Not the Griffin, sorry.
I had a look at the Griffin, on Google Earth and it does look similar.

dotti34 · 19-02-2016, 21:36

Is it The Duke of Wellington?

dotti34 · 19-02-2016, 21:53

Oops! I think I looked at the wrong picture on the 'net when searching so probably way off with this guess. However, I also think that Harry Docksey's second wife, Alice Ann Clark, might have been a relative of yours. (Am assuming that's his name as licensee of the pub). Do I get any points for that?

Morecambe Ex Pat · 20-02-2016, 08:07

It isn't the Duke of Wellington but you more than make up for getting that wrong by making the family connection. The photo is from our ever increasing collection of family artefacts.

dotti34 · 20-02-2016, 08:25

It IS the Crown Inn, Whalley Road, though - isn't it!

dotti34 · 20-02-2016, 08:47

I cheated a bit - after searching through lots of websites trying to match it up I went through the photos on yours - and Eureka! I found it. No, that's not cheating - I call it using my nous and I do hate to be outdone. Actually I had thought this was the one earlier but couldn't get a photo that matched - until I went on your site.

dotti34 · 20-02-2016, 09:14

Just looking at today's map, I think the place is just called The Crown now, but it WAS The Crown Inn in Harry and Alice Ann's day.

By the way, I enjoyed looking at all the photos on your website, Morecambe Ex Pat. It's a great site.

Morecambe Ex Pat · 20-02-2016, 10:26

Thanks Dotti, you are indeed correct with the Crown Inn.
I have posted the unedited photo which shows 2 distinct clues, the name of the pub and Whalley Road Accrington.

If you can help identify any of the people or tell us about any of the artefacts, on the site, we would be very grateful.

We are slowly working through the items and putting names to faces but it is a time consuming process.

We need a few more trips down to Accrington in order to verify some information. We just hope that if they do close the libraries, that they don't just dump all the valuable work that many people have done over the years.

Bob Dobson · 20-02-2016, 20:34

I think the Crown is the only pub owned by a football club - am I correct?

dotti34 · 21-02-2016, 00:29

The only people I recognise so far in your photos are the Clark family, i.e. Harry, Betty (Elizabeth), Jack, Irene and Frank, and Harry's mother. Betty was the sister of my husband's mother. I'll get his nibs to have a look also.

Morecambe Ex Pat · 21-02-2016, 08:52

Dotti - Any help you can give would be appreciated. If you register as a member, you have access to the interactive family tree section which is interesting.

Bob Dobson - You may well be right although there may by others - I do not know.
If pub would like a high res version of the photo, they would be more than welcome but I looked at the Crown's website and there doesn't seem to be much of it working.

Spider61 · 13-05-2016, 11:50

The Church Commercial is now flattened RIP

Bob Dobson · 30-06-2017, 15:49

Which brewery owned the Spread Eagle on Blackburn Rd ? Had it ever been a Thwaites' house ?